Before you write your ERC proposal, do this first

Every edge counts — including this one.

Hello hellooo,

The ERC Advanced Grant 2026 is now open!

ERC Advanced Grant 2026

Call identifier: ERC-2026-AdGFunding: Up to €2.5 million for 5 years (pro rata for shorter projects)
Additional funding: Up to €1 million for researchers already in the EU or an associated country; up to €2 million for researchers relocating from a non-associated third country
Additional funding now covers: Personnel costs (new for 2026)
Submission deadline: 27 August 2026, 17:00 Brussels time

What are the odds

35,258 proposals were evaluated for the ERC Advanced Grant scheme. 4,303 projects are funded. That’s a 12% success rate.

Those are the odds you’re working with.

So when you sit down to write your proposal, every edge matters.

And one of the most valuable edges is completely free — and most applicants never use it.

A special welcome to new joiners of this newsletter. 🤗
My name is Pranoti and I’m the founder of The Science Talk.
My mission is to empower and enable scientists to share their stories in digital spaces with confidence and ease. 🧡

The thing people skip

The ERC publishes the titles and abstracts of every funded project. That means you can see exactly what kinds of research get funded, how successful applicants frame their work, and what language lands with ERC reviewers.

This is not a small dataset.

The ERC has evaluated over 143,846 proposals across all schemes and funded 18,587 projects. There is a lot to learn from.

The problem? This information is scattered across different parts of the ERC website. Finding it, verifying it, and pulling it into something usable takes hours — if you know where to look at all.

What I put together

I spent time doing exactly that — tracking down, verifying, and compiling the most useful ERC resources into one place.

The result is the ERC Advanced Grant 2026 Resource Kit: a handpicked, verified PDF with everything you need to study funded projects and write a stronger proposal.

👉 Get the ERC Advanced Grant 2026 Resource Kit

The ERC process is competitive, but you do not have to go in without preparation. The information is out there — and now it’s in one place for you.

Cheers,

Pranoti Kshirsagar Founder, The Science Talk

PS: If, apart from my email, you also need help strengthen impact strategy, I think you’ll be happy about:

1. Impact strategy for research proposalswhere I work with principal investigators who want professional science communication that matches the ambition and budget of their grant proposal. More details are on my website.
2. ERC Starting Grant Resource Kit 47 official resources, organised in 11 sections including core webpages, ERC classes, compliance & AI guidance, and examples of winner grants - all in one pdf. You can access the kit here.
3. ERC Consolidator Grant Resource Kit47 official resources, organised in 8 sections including core webpages, evaluation & panels, videos & webinars, results & examples, compliance & requirements, and examples of winner grants - all in one pdf. You can access the kit here.
4. ERC Synergy Grant Resource Kit 44 official resources, organised in 10 sections including core webpages, ethics & compliance, videos & webinars, results & examples, compliance & requirements, AI guidance and examples of winner grants - all in one pdf. You can access the kit here.